The minister of tourism, Mr. Gari Cappelli, stressed the significance of cooperation between the stakeholders in tourism as one of key factors in the development of this industry and achieving excellent tourism results in the following year. „Croatian tourism has been showing better and better results every year and this is the direction we want to take for further development and record-breaking. This industry plays a serious role in the entire Croatian economy, therefore, it is of utmost importance to continue to develop, set example, and encourage other sectors in Croatia. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all winners, nominees, and all the people working in Croatian tourism, because they are the ones who make it really competitive and who, with their creativity and performance, make Croatia attractive and one of the most popular global destinations“, said minister Cappelli.

The opening of Days of Croatian Tourism commenced with the central topic of “Air transport in tourism – across the border to year-long operation”, within the 16th Croatian Tourism Forum, and with a presentation of measuring the efficiency of national tourism branding where the director of Croatian National Tourist Board, Mr. Ratomir Ivičić, outlined the guidelines for 2017. On the second day of the event, the results of the “Employees – the moving force of tourism” research were presented, followed by the presentation of “CRO card – encouraging domestic tourism expenditure”, and ended with a round table “How to achieve competitive and sustainable model of managing Croatian tourism”.